UNIVERSAL HOSE AND COUPLINGS LIMITED

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to Rule 11.2(1A) of the Insolvency Rules 1986, that the Liquidator of the above-named Company intends to pay a First Dividend to Creditors. The Creditors of the Company are required, on or before 31st March 2000, to submit their proofs of debt to the undersigned, Brendan Doyle, of Doyle Davies, 21 St. Andrews Crescent, Cardiff CF10 3DB, the Liquidator of the Company, and, if so requested, to provide such further details or produce such documentary or other evidence as may appear to the Liquidator to be necessary. A Creditor who has not proved his debt before the date mentioned above is not entitled to disturb, by reason that he has not participated in it, the First Dividend or any other dividend declared before his debt is proved. B. E. Doyle, Liquidator